Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-26
READY WHILE YOU WAIT.
A HOUSE OR A SHIRT OR A SET OF
TEETH MADE IN AN HOUR.
How the Work Is DOne--Shoes Half
Soied While You Read the Daily
Paper-Secret of Rapid Watch Re-
pairing-ouick divorces.

Paper-Secret of Rapid Watch Re-
pairing-ouick divorces.
"WhiIe you wait!n
1t is now many years since this expression
was made popular by down town halter,
who advertised to "block your hat while YOU
wait, for fifty cents" but it still retains
its value in a commercial sense, and has been
appropriated by the manufacturing world
generally throughout the length ana breadth
OF the land. As originally applied to the
hatters business it was ridiculed, laughed at,
and criticised perhaps more than any other
expression of the kind, unless it be the oft
quoted "boots hlackcd inside" and vet to-day
it is an important line in the advertisements
OF nearly every manufacturing interest i'll
the United Strtes. Do YOU want pair of
trousers, suit of clothes, a shirt, your shoes
soied and hceled, new handspring in your
watch, a set Of false teeth, house built-do
you want anything that can be made by the
hand Of man-yOu can get it "whiie you
waisn
At Il certain halerdashers shirts can be had
to order, made after any pattern, in any size,
guaranteed to fit and ready to wear while the
customer is getting shaved around the corner
1t IS accomplished by having ready cut
sleeves, yokes bosoms, bands and bodies al.
ways on hand. A capable cutter with a few
flashes OF bis big shears will correct the de.
tects Of any of the parts, skilled operators
will run parts through the sewing machine III
twinkling, while patent washer, rinser
wiinger, dryer and ironer will turn the shirt
out ready to lie put on, and all inside OF
twenty minutes.
WHILE You READ THE PAPER
IN certain street, within the shadow Of
police headquarters, there is a concern that
will sole and heel your shoes while you loob
over the columns of the daily paper and de
termine TO what place of amusement you will
go in the evening. The tailors on the Bowery
who will measure a customer for pair OF
pants, cut, trim and make them and pres
them while he is taking his lunch are numer
Gus, while those who will turn out full suit
OF clothes while the customer is taking in
some of the theatres near by are quite a.
many.
Dentists, who have in stock all kinds, va
rieties and qualities of plates, and will fit g
patients mouth with a partial or full set o,
teeth in less time than it once took to draw 6
single tooth, abound on Eighth, Sixth and
Third avenues, as well as some OF tie eros
streets In Chicago there is a dentist who
advertises to furnish new and fun sets ol
t<seth, guaranteed to give satisfaction, by mai
or express, and sends the same to remote
points on approval A firm of builders ii
Michigan will ship at once on receipt of ordei
any size, kind or variety of a frame structGr,
that may be desired Parties intending tt
locate in Florida or at the sea shore ar,
especially requested to send for descriptiv,
circular. These houses are built in section
| anil shipped as they are built. An hour
work, the proprietors say, will make AM
changes that a customer can possibly want
Several persons who will summer at Asbury
! Park and Ocean Grove this year, it Is under
stood, will introduce these ready made home
| there early in the season. The same mannel
of houses was prepared for the late Greedy re
lief expedition